Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Let me commend you for holding the hearing, and also commend Senator Miller for his very aggressive and tenacious efforts to have this whole area...
some of the legislation I have seen lately proposed by the Administration is proposing to repeal the laws of arithmetic
the structural changes that appear to be siphoning off jobs to places around the world
the currently improving economic numbers should not distract us from some very disturbing trends that persist
I have seen no leadership from the Administration suggesting proposals of this order. Would you urge them to begin this ...
But it seems to give us a little longer perspective, obviously, than the 5 years and 10 years that we look at tax cuts a...
Mr. Secretary, we both understand that supplementals are used to cover unanticipated costs that arise after the budget d...
I do not believe I insisted on that; did I?
Why can you not include those costs today in your budget, so that we can make appropriate decisions about offsets, about...
You have the obligation to come before us with a detailed estimate of the cost and what you propose to do in the way of ...
I would suggest, Mr. Secretary, that you're not doing your job then.